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OVERSEAS W E D N E S D A Y 1 D E C E M B E R 1965 223 P A G E 7

WAY OF THE

WORLD P A G E 4

LOANS PROPOSITION

BLUFF OR STRATEGY? f ) N THURSDAY IC Union h to be

asked to " deplore any suggestion of returnable loans to students and de­mand full maintenance grants for students irrespective of parental in­come."

K e i t h Cavanagh, who is to propose this motion to the lunchtime U n i o n Meeting, considers that the present Government is trying to provide edu­cation " on the cheap." This thought follows, most recently, from the move to increase the number of students in Training Colleges without extra ex­penditure.

The motion springs from a sugges­tion that loans should be introduced in a letter from the Department of Education and Science that found its way to the national press in early October. The problem its creates im­mediately is whether it was intended as bluff or as a feeler prior to some definite action. However, it probably heralds a hardening of attitude to­wards increase in student grants.

In view of the element of doubt, M r . Cavanagh "feels that, l ike N U S , I C U should act as though it is a serious consideration.

GUILDS DINNERS

'SUCCESS' THE M A I N OBJECT of the Guilds

Freshers Dinners this year was to give an opportunity to the freshers to get to know a few members of their staff and vice versa. The assemblages were more subdued and refined than last year, each dinner taking the form of a three course meal including wine, with beer to follow in the company of various guests from the department concerned.

The opinions of the heads of the

EUROPEAN SEMINAR J ) E L E G A T I O N S from nineteen European Countries have been

invited to the European Student Seminar of Technological Educa­tion (ESSTE) to be conducted from 2nd—8th January, 1966. This seminar was formed to draw a critical comparison between the teach­ing methods in various European scientific Institutions.

They will discuss a wide range of topics from education in schools to their future positions in Industry. From this they hope to help the future development of scientific education in Europe.

The delegation from I.C. should include one person competed with union affairs and one " mature stu­dent." who w i l l have to submit papers on particular aspects of education at I.C., and they must be very familiar with the details of education here.

A Science Research Counci l grant of £600 has been given by the govern­ment towards the estimated expendi­ture of £1750. Complete" board and lodging w i l l be provided at M a n ­chester University, but travel to Manchester w i l l probably have to be met by the delegates.

departments, and other staff who had been present, were that the dinners had been successful i n their purpose and that they would probably be more successful next year when more staff could be persuaded to come along,

Most of the students I talked to agreed that they had enjoyed the evenings and had found great value in talking to a few members of staff.

Some students who had apparently not managed to talk to any staff felt that the dinner had been disappoint­ing. N o doubt the traditional freshers festivity would have suited them. But most of the students, including mem­bers of the second, enjoyed themselves.

HRtSS (itiifiTiiicc orpiiiii the London School nf_ Lcyn.>eit Marriage

3 RETAIN has suffered a silent social revolution in the last

eighty years, in the institution called marriage. So said Profes­sor O. R. McGregor to a General Studies meeting on Thursday, 25th November.

He informed us that during the last century there weri> 25 per cent more women in our country than men. This had lead to the suffragette movement and the eventual emancipation of women. Equality had helped to re­volutionise marriage.

It was explained how the husband-and-wife " triangular " marriage had been replaced by one democratically based on loyalty and love. Modern society considered it to be wrong to marry if one is not in love.

Surely it is also wrong for a couple to remain married if they are no longer in love ? D u r i n g the last cen­tury the number of broken marriages — o r " draws on losing tickets " had not increased, only the availability of divorce. M I K E S M I T H .

UY

GLAD

BAG

LOSES T H E GLAD RAG Ball is estimated to have made a " considerable " loss after being attended by only a third of the number of people anticipated.

Beaver reports London Students' Carnival Chairman M a x Wil l iams as laying the blame largely to " lack of co-opt ration from other colleges"

M A X SAYS

B A L L W I L L •A.

' G L A D

M A K E

RAG £4,000"

than L S E . H e stated cases ot u n i o n Presidents refusing to let L S C put up posters. Other publicity attempts— notably the raid on Radio L o n d o n — were "foiled by people leaking stories to the press and by sheer bad luck."

A further possible cause for the financial failure of Friday, 19th, is that a large number of forged tickets at half-price are rumoured to have been used to gain entry to the E m ­pire Pool. Police have been brought in to discover the source.

Regarding sponsorship by Radio Caroline, and the consequent reduc­tions to Caroline C lub members, and riot to members of U L U , M a x made no cdmment.

FELIX SELLS OUT AGAIN

F E L I X has sold out for the last three isues. M o r e copies have been printed this week to cater for the demand.

R.C.S. Gala

on Guilds at • wiinining See ,ite news

Southside

Thefts

Outsiders Not Ruled Out

fJURING THE KAST few week thieving in Southside has be­

come a distinctive feature of Hall life to its residents. In Keogh so many articles have been lost that a circular has been sent round, subtly asking for stolen articles to be returned.

However, the possibility of out­siders entering the Halls for nefarious activities is not ruled out. N o r is this trouble unique to Keogh. Falmouth now has a notice in its laundry warn­ing residents that clothes have been stolen from it.

Besides clothing such things as food, bicycle acessories, magazines, kettles and money have been stolen. Out 15 December

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ARE

YOU ~ LIVING

" T , I F E : Living or Existing" was the subject tor the

I C C D ' s first meeting in their series " Why Believe," on Novem­ber 15th.

Ed* Reis, f rom the U S A society " T h e Navigators," talked on this subject, basing his arguments on the premise that people who are active Christians are l iv ing to the fu l l ; that once a person becomes actively com­mitted to Christ then his life com­pletely changes, takes on a new meaning and purpose, and has more significance.

H e chose St. Paul as an example, siaying th?:t before his cc \ version, Paul had only lived in the sense of existing; his life was unsatisfactory and purposeless; afterwards however, he achieved a new goal in life and realised the power of Christianity.

UNJUSTIFIED ASSUMPTION

M r . Reis, apart from the very feeble jokes and the obvious meta­phors, (which seem to be an occupa­tional hazard of many I C C U meet­ings), had presented his argument clearly and logically.

But then he continued with the basic assumption that everybody who was not a Christian could not possibly be as happy," or their life could not be so meaningful, as it would were they to become one. He did not justify this, but he proceeded to ex­pand it to the point that the only way to achieve a state of grace is to become a Christian. The audience accepted this, without demurring, and proceeded to soak in the usual cliches and assertions which followed on for the. next twenty minutes with obvious relish, or else with complete boredom, (but with no stages of interest between these extremes).

Thus the objectives cf the meeting, which was to inform an J interest non-Christians, was not acheved.

M A R T I N B E L L

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N O R T H E R N CENSORSHIP The Newspaper of Rutherford

College of Technology now re­fuses to name who produces it, or where it is produced in order to avoid " the indignity of censor­ship by College authorities."

The Editor claims that the au­thorities want to prevent unfav­ourable impressions of the Col­lege reaching outsiders.

* * * H E L P F U L M E N IN B L U E

The police, often accused of being bad-tempered during stu­dent jollifications, contributed greatly to the celebrations at Bristol concerning the Lord Mayor's annual Grant to Wills Hall, by coating the War Mem­orial—a favourite object for climbing, with black grease. This sort of action will have a far better effect than simply banning any such actions, and is less likely to lead to frayed tempers.

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Y E T M O R E LOSSES

King's Ui.lon have cancelled two dances this term as a result

Paul Smitn

of losing £280 on three held so far. The dance on November 5th alone lost £150.

* *• * T H E MONASTIC L I F E

Two undergraduates of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, have been ordered to leave their rooms after they were seen by the dean to enter with a girl after hours.

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SO T H E Y L O S E T O O ! 1,038 beer mugs, worth £130,

have been broken or stolen from the Manchester Union bar so far this term. �JUST W E N T F O R A W A L K . . .

A Bristol second year medic has now been missing for three weeks. On~November 2nd he left his room at 10 p.m. to walk the hundred yards to a friend's room, and has not been seen since. The police have searched the Hall and its surroundings and Royal Ma­rine Reserve rock climbers have scoured the Avon Gorge, but no trace has been found.

Another Phoenix Jones Appeals

Mervyn Jones speaks to Peter Combes n r m S A C A D E M I C , year's first issue of Phoenix comes out on

Monday, December 13th. As a preview to the new issue, Felix talked to the Editor of Phoenix, Mervyn Jones.

O n being asked what he thought the aims of the magazine were, he replied: " Phoenix was started in 1885 by H. G . Wells. Since then it has varied from being virtually a newspaper, re­porting such things as deaths of mem­bers during the Great War, to the other extreme—completely a literary magazine.

" I believe that Phoenix should be a mixture of these two extremes. It should contain good literary contribu­tions and it should also be used by students as a platform for airing their views or ideas.

" A t the moment the few people who actually think about the U n i o n do not bother to write anything because they

do not reckon they are good enough. \ believe that students should take an interns in Phoenix, as it is the only College publication apart from Fel ix , and is therefore important." The forthcoming issue of Phoenix con­

tains articles on the Haldane Library, Halls of Residence, short stories, and two poems by Patric Dickinson, the famous British poet, and visiting lecturer to I.C.

Final ly , Mervyn Jones pleaded for more staff, and contributions for the issue coming out at the end of next term. People interested should con­tact h im via the Union Rack or R o o m 525, Tizard H a l l .

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F E L I X 3

By a Felix Staff Reporter

BOOZE

BELLY

BEDLAM p R E S U M A B L Y in an attempt to discourage unwanted visitors, the

R.C.S. Union Meeting on 23rd November was held with the minimum of publicity.

The minutes of the last meeting were read, from which it emerged a film of the recent Spanner as the particpants seemed to, and the that

snatch would not be available as was hoped. This was attributed to Guilds refusing to return Spanner for photo­graphing.

A shout for the Queen of Jez to move to the platform proved unsuc­cessful. Demurely, she preferred to remain on the front bench.

C A R N I V A L It was disclosed that the R.C.S.

Carnival on 3rd December would have professional belly-dancers as part of the entertainment. Tickets for the event (25/- double) are now on sale.

The proposed constitutional change that a commitee of thre be elected from the floor for the purposes of publicity, under the chairmanship of the Publicity Officer, provided a di­version from the gravity of the rest of the meeting. A n amendment that each department should elect one member for the committee was de­feated. After a deal of wrangling, the motion, put to the vote, was passed almost unanimously, and now passes to the next U n i o n Meeting for a second hearing.

Back to the serious side of the meeting. The Swimming G a l a was next on the agenda. Vice-President K e n West in black corset and stock­ings and Secretary Ian Kershaw gave an " ex hib i t ion " of the various strokes to be used. The audience knew as little of what was intended

reward for their " efforts" was an embarrassed silence and a sense of bewilderment. Indeed, after a time, the executive looked as embarrassed as the audience at this fiasco.

MISS W O R L D T e d Needham was then elected

Miss W o r l d , to be crowned at the Swimming Gala . This about sums up th« tone of the meeting.

T w o teams of four then ran two " boat races" in which the U n i o n had the pleasure of watching sixteen pints of beer half drunk and half spilled over the floor. After this en­joyable climax—presumably the teams enjoyed it anyway—came any other business.

A n R.C.S. diary was proposed by K e n West and he promised to look into the feasibility of it. A complaint about rubbish in the theatre was ac­cepted and the treasurer's report de­livered.

A F R I C A N After a brief argument about

Counci l minutes, the meeting was closed with a Kangela. A sad com­ment on the meeting—even the U n i o n chant was misspelled three times.

Footnote : It is reported that R C S U ' s Publicity Officer was too hard-pressed over advertising Bed­ouins to be able to afford adequate pre-publicity to the U n i o n Meeting. Fel ix hopes that the new committee may remedy any such recurrence.

Rhodesia Debate—Report, see page 10.

COMPULSORY HALL DINNERS K E O G H M E A L S O N H A L L B I L L

J£EOGH H A L L has initiated a system of regular " Dining-in evenings," the cost of which will be added each term to the hall

bill. This sweeping step was only taken after a thorough investiga­tion (via a questionnaire) into the form these dinners should take and the popularity of the idea itself, followed by a referendum,

ft seems that " Keoghlogians " are held every other week on Mondays,

particularly keen to meet their com­panions in hal l , so these dinners w i l l provide a pleasant method of becom­ing acquainted with people not on one's own staircase, who might other­wise not cross one's path. When the H a l l was asked to accept or reject tne plan, it accepted it " en masse." In this College the result seems startling.

In other Colleges dining-in for hall residents is often a nightly occurrence. Nothing quite so devastating is plan­ned in Keogh. The dinners are to be

Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 6.00 p.m. in the Staff D i n i n g R o o m , Southside.

Religious Exceptions It should be pointed out that excep­

tions can, and w i l l , be made for people who, for say religious reasons, find they are unable to attend the dinners. Such people wi l l merely be asked to explain, in person, their reasons to the H a l l Committee. It is hoped the number of these exceptions w i l l be minimal .

P E T E W A L L U M

WHO BELIEVES

AGNOSTIC P.G.s, THEISTIC W O M E N

A N A L Y S I S H A S been completed of the recent survey of reli­gious beliefs in the college, showing that against 28 per cent,

atheists, 55 per cent, of those interviewed profess to believe in God ; however 46 per cent, of the whole sample never go to church and only 22 per cent, go weekly,

Mini-,men seem markedly irreligious compared with the other colleges (which have figures nearer to the I.C. average), with only 9 per cent regu­larly attending church.

A n interesting trend is the decrease in belief in G o d with progression from 1st year (60 per cent) to P C s (25 per cent), balanced by a corresponding in­crease in agnosticism rather than atheism. Church-going habits however remain constant. The girls of the col-ledge predominantly believe in G o d (77 per cent.) but rarely attend Church (11 per cent.).

T o the question "What do you think of lesus C h r i s t " answers varied from " H e never existed " to " H e was an influential exponent of a social struc­ture." 28 per cent, believed H e was the son of G o d but 37 per cent, that H e was something out of the ordinary.

Religion Ignored T o nearly half the college the

Christ ian is a product of environ­mental pressure and a large number of students have never given Christianity serious consideration one way or the other, or religious issues at a l l for that matter.

A similar survey in R . C . M . revealed a very much higher Christian bias.

Copies of the analysis can be ob­tained from A . I. Mayo, Falmouth H a l l or U n i o n Rack. Ed.: The survey, carried out by I.C. Christ ian U n i o n , N O T BY F E L I X , which does not accept responsibility for its accuracy, involved 15 per cent. of the College^

QUOTE Chairman of the Huxley Society

referring to Population Control Week — " Y o u have no conception . . . !"

KENNETH TYNAN in the celluloid jungle

(Stupendous! Colossal! Dynamic!)

What happens when a celebrated theatre critic goes to the cinema? The readers of The Observer find out every Sunday morning, when Kenneth Tynan sorts out the truth from the puffery. He says what he has to say, on the lines, not between them!

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That Democracy may be seen

to be carried out... TOMORROW (THURSDAY) IC Union will be asked to decide

whether the responsibility for choosing its President should reside

with every student at the College or with the students' representa­

tives on Council, One criticism that is all too often levelled at our system of electing a President

is mat it is not democratic. If this is go, then the election of the British Prime Minister, too, does not belong to a democracy.

C o u n c i l may be likened to an outdated Brit ish Constitution, where certain constituencies are represented by more than one M P , and some electors have more than one vote. F o r instance, your vote may be used to elect a Deputy President, three representatives from IC U n i o n , a represenative f r o m a constituent college, and one or more Committee Chairmen.

A l l but the first Deputy President and I C U representatives on Counci l are chosen by a closed vote; only R C S men have the franchise for R C S President and their representative on Counci l , only Chairmen of Social clubs elect their Committee Chairman (they are in turn elected by the members of their clubs).

Why should the closed vote for President, therefore, be discarded? A particu­larly able person is needed to take on the position. By the present system the candidate (there is rarely more than one) has, generally, spent a year as understudy, observing how Council operates and discovering all that the Presidency involves. The President-elect is thus able to take over the responsibility immediately, and does not need the summer term " training period " prevalent in so many other college democracies.

H o w wel l do other Free Votes in the College work? The easiest parallels are to be drawn from the constituent colleges, and from those elections from the I C U A n n u a l General Meeting. It appears to be a general rule that the more the responsibility carried by any post, then the fewer are its contestants. This year's Deputy President, Chris M o l a m , was unopposed; s6 tpo were the Presidents of Mines and Gui lds . Futhermore, they were put up for their posts by their predecessors, and thus well-briefed on what lay ahead.

One of the arguments against Council 's election of the President may be summed up i n that dreaded word " clique." The open votes appear to suffer from that other dreaded utterance "apathy." The question now becomes one of "what's the difference?"

Whichever system of voting for the President is adopted only those who are really interested in the running of the U n i o n w i l l take the trouble to impress their views on the matter. N o w they have to find their way on to Counci l or lobby present members of Counci l . Soon, perhaps, they may merely have to record their crosses on a piece of paper.

On balance I hope that the open vote does tip the scales, if only so that democracy may be " seen " to be carried out in IC Union. If tomorrow the general members of the Union do gain the chance to vote directly for their President, we all must beware of any cheapening of the elections bv untidy wall-daubings, emotional bombast or other adverse reflections.

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A PLACE TO GO A S T W E E K I W A S unlucky enough to find myself in Malet Street one

' night about ten. Being a conscientious student, I ventured into the mausoleum on the corner, laughingly called a university union. In desperate need of relief, I first tested their facilities an level one and found them entirely satisfactory. Returning to the throngs in the passage ways, I followed a sign to the bar, which I must admit was pretty lively ; people drinking heartily, and being ever so careful not to drop ash on the floor. Attempts to buy a drink, however, proved absolutely fruitless, because it was 10.02 by the clock and I was told " Bar closes at ten, S ir . " T E N . I could hardly believe it, but all efforts to get a drink met with the same reply. Dejectedly, I went down again to the ground floor, and picking my way 'trough the crowds of people a l l wearing patriotic red white and blues scarves. I reached the front door. " U n i o n closes 10.30 " said the enamel plaque. This was the last straw; I went and was last seen i n the " Intrepid F o x " i n Wardour Street, which closes at eleven, thank you very much. It is hardly surprising the place is so empty, the welcome is overwhelming to the point of embarrassment. Perhaps if they rearranged the name to " U n i v e r s i t y l u , " i t would get more support.

ADVERTISING C O M E T H I N G W H I C H T H I S College can be proud of, is the quality of its *-* advertising. One has only to look around to see rows of imaginative

artistic posters luring the unwary away from work. The free availability of photo-copies has enabled the various publicity men to spend more time on design, and a lot less on construction. Although the College Unions and R.C.S. Carnival have produced the more obvious material, it is noticeable that many more' of the smaller clubs are producing high quality advertisements for their meetings. The Religious and al l ied Societies have a prodigious output, especialy the stripe of fluorescence asking, " W h y believe?" This improvement is not only aesthetically pleasing, but should increase the support for a wider- range of union activity. If i t does not, the publicity officers certainly cannot be blamed.

YOU V V 7 H A T D I D Y O U D O to support Population Control Week? Quite a lot,

judging by the remarkable decrease i n the number of women at Sunday breakfast. That's the spirit, keep it up, lads.

WAY

J R E J O I C E to hear that Gui lds are making progress with their new,

Bowdlerised Freshers' Dinners; any breach in the wal l of heartiness, any triumph for a seemly prudishness is dear to my heart. One day, I hope to see them included in General Studies with urbane, cultivated M r . M c -Dovetail sitting discreetly near the back, puffing paternally, and plebby, ignorant H a i Bowells reading (though with difficulty) from " Party Jokes foi Toddlers," and the elegant, sophisti­cated women all tittering coyfy.

It wil l never happen, of course.

Kiss of L i f e " says c r i t i c — " B i g giggle" says Dufti, " shall we ever know the truth? " N e d Tedium was then elected Miss Wor ld—this about sums up the tone of the meet ing" sniffs Our Correspondent. Is it any wonder our dedicated clowns were hurt? " I enjoy pratting about there— and the U n i o n enjoy seeing me " — (Dum again).

Adventure Playground I H E A R that the H o l y Huddle is in­

tending to secularise their social work i n the neighbourhood. I hope the good work of the organisers of the U n i o n H o p doesn't get overlooked: what would all those fourteen year old girlies be doing on a Saturday night i f they weren't in our Concert Hal l?

Dedication Y A V H A T G O E S into Fe l ix is con-" siderably less interesting than what gets thrown out each issue. One day 1 hope these non-Felixes w i l l be pub­lished by Some publisher with great courage.

The method of censorship is quite simple—come up to the Fel ix Press R o o m every other Wednesday and blast the galley slaves about anything you don't l ike. The staff w i l l nod re­spectfully, and i f you are F. Lecher, eventually nod off respectfully.

This time it was Tweedledum and Tweedledee huffing about a rather elephantine piece of reporting on their latest U n i o n meeting. " Not enough p u b l i c i t y " said their stern c r i t i c ; — I wouldn't know—I've long ignored a l l Constit. U n i o n meetings and their advertising. " Embarrassed silence at Dum's demonstration of the

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F E L I X 5

DON'T WASTE ALL that beau­tiful invective on the barmaid— FELIX welcomes letters on almost any topic. Drop them in our pigeon­hole in the Union Lower Lounge. ...

Unfit for job? J i V your leading report on the

front page of the last issue, a particularly nasty and unnecessary reference was made to my charac­ter. This reference directly im­plied that I was unfitted for my job on Union Council.

Whilst I admit that you attributed these remarks to Barry Mair, you kiow as well as I do that you as Editor must be held directly respon­sible for anything that is written in your newspaper. It is in this con­text that I must level a direct charge at you : you seem to be basically un­able to appreciate that people do not like being bandied around college as rankly incompetent. Mike Scott and Chris Hocking have already come tinder your little chopper; it now seems to be my turn.

Far be it fon me, however, to sug­gest that you s op criticising people : but I do demand that any criticism you print should be constructive and based on fact, instead of being highly destructive and calculated to cast in-nuendos.

For if this sort of thing continues, doubt will certainly be cast upon your ability to run a college news­paper and another Editor will have to come from the blue.

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Open 11—5.30 daily (11—7 on Tuesdays and Thursdays)

Mikado Apathy XXTITH reference to Mr. Wailum's

article in your last issue, com­plaining of lack of publicity in Col­lege for " The Mikado," it should be noted that members of the college are by and large apathetic with regard to forming an audience for such an event.

Unless this attitude changes radi­cally, the College does not justify the expense and expenditure involved in the " high-pressure advertising " he so lightly mentions.

PHILIP L. EDWARDS, Drain. Soc.

Birdsnest Jewels & Wellingtons

L o o k again at Woolworths, as they have the bull's eye design on brooches and earrings and also new giant pen­dants on black cord. A l l at 5s. rings 3s. Jewelcraft Limited have also recently brought out a new kind of earrings called " c h i c k e n " earrings, (not necessarily for the chicks.), if you're too chicken to have your ears pierced! They are two little beads c i

Rice & Mot Pies FOR ANY of you who do like rice,

here's an almost " never fail" quantity recipe. Rice is generally measured in cups, so you just double the quantities. In other words, for, say, five good helpings, use 2 | cupfuls of rice to five of water. Br ing to the b o i l quickly, add salt to taste, if savoury, then lower heat and put a l i d on. Keep testing, and you should find it allright within 15 minutes. A favourite " home-made " recipe of a girl-friend of mine would go well on a bed of rice. Begin frying some onions slowly in o i l , preferably before you start the rice, and then add some minced steak, about l i b . for the above rice, a little streaky bacon and about 5 tomatoes. When al l are cooked, stir in a smallish t in of tomato puree and divide on to the

N o w the cold winter nights have really set i n , d id you know that the Peppermill Supermarket in the O l d Brompton Road do hot pies? If you live far away you can re-heat them with vegetables. Containing steak and mushrooms; steak and onion; steak and kidney, turkey, etc., in puff pastry, they are all about Is. 6d.

If you are just plain lazy, or can't cook, Bird's Eye are helping you with their individual or instant meals, boxed at 3s. 6d. They contain meat and two vegetables in separated fo i l trays, and you just heat in the oven. P.S. " Lazy ." but not slimming? Then you can find delicious new potatoes in a tin in the London M . & S.'s for your store shelves; just warm and add a knob of butter or fry.

a fine gilt wire and the effect makes your ears look pierced. In gilt/pearl as 5s. 6d. you can find them at Wool-worths too in colours and black for 2s. fid.

Peter Robinson have some good handbags, (right next to the jewellery counter). One I l iked particularly is the recent open, all-in-one shape in red or white oilskin-type plastic, 25s. l i d . and in black fabric with a stripe down the centre at 15s. l i d . and again in corduroy at 35s. There are pochette shapes on long handles at 35s. and 39s. l i d .

I was recently looking for some boots for the rain, but naturally more with-it than the old school Wellington types. Although Harrods do have some at 55s. in shiny black, blue, red or white in most shoe shops I received a negative answer for some­thing around 30s. Finally, I was in Gallops the Heel Bar at Sth. Kensing­ton and found a very light-weight shiny rubber boot for 28s. 1 Id. D i d you know that they are now cut lower and have a litle heal, and that terribly bulky toe has turned into a gently rounded, much smoother one? P.S. Watch the central M . & S. branches for new lacy stockings, black or white, to keep up the theme, at 6s. l i d .

A have

OPPORTUNITIES

pn 1966 for

GRADUATES

in

CHEMISTRY

ENGINEERING (CHEMICAL, E L E C T R I C A L , M E C H A N I C A L )

MATHEMATICS

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PHYSICS

for

RESEARCH

DEVELOPMENT

T E C H N I C A L

A wide range of careers for men and women taking R E S E A R C H or HONOURS D E G R E E S in 1966 is available in the Establishmentts of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.

There are posts for Graduates with PASSs or O R D I N A R Y D E G R E E S .

V A C A T I O N STUDENTSHIPS are awarded at most establishments to Undergraduates (normally those in the penultimate year) seeking appropriate experience.

Further information may be obtained from your Ap­pointments Board or by writing to the UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS OFFICER at one of the following addresses :

U N I T E D K I N G D O M A T O M I C E N E R G Y A U T H O R I T Y

Production Group H.Q., Risley, Warrington, Lanca­shire. (For all Production and Engineering Group Establishments)

Reactor Group H.Q., Risley, Warrington, Lancashire. (For all Reactor Group Establishments)

A.E .R .E . , Harwell, Didcot, Berks. (For all Research Group Establishments)

A.W.R.E. , Aldermaston, Berks. (For all Weapons Group Establishments)

Radiochemical Centre, Amershani, Bucks,

M A N A G E M E N T

6 F E L I X

A Philosophy

for Life M R . SCHUMACHER, Economic Advisor

and Director of Statistics at the National Coal Board, finished on Tuesday his series of six lectures on how to apply the precepts of philosophy as a guide* to living. He dealt with convergent and divergent problems, showing that not all divergent ones (i.e. non-scientific ones, not encountered in the laboratory) were soluble, with the question of free will and causality and with many of the important philosophical errors which people tended to accept

H i s latest three lectures completed and drew together his argument into a logical whole and indicated how to translate philosophy into action.

Before formulating any precepts on a guide to action, there are three main prejudices to be overcome : that of assuming superiority of intel­ligence over our ancestors—an hypothesis easily discounted by a study of the great literature, art and science of the world. That of the superiority of the white man over others, and that of religious prejudice and intoler nee.

Self Awareness

A consideration o l the three greatest teachers in history, Buddha, Christ and Mohammed, w i l l show that al l , i n effect, basically say the same thing; that man must become "Awake ," must achieve self-awareness. The ideai of Buddha was to achieve " enlightenment,' Nirvana; Christ was always giving warnings of the danger of " falling asleep into temptation," and many passages in the K o r a n compare sinners to " sleepers ,n a prison . . . " This idea is also followed by many primitive tribes and is found in most western philosophy : (Dante's Div ine Comedy :—" In the middle of the road of life I woke up—.") M a n must free him­self from his hampering passions, from his own likes and dislikes, and become aware of his posi tion in the world. Between the dialectical extremes of attachment and detachment there is the " middle way," non-attachment. St. Thomas Aquinas echoed these ideas when he said that a l i w of pleasure is subhuman. " Pleasure is not w, ong, but the pursuit of pleasure as a diversion is wrong. It arises natural." Plato wrote that the two vir­tues of man were (a) " prudentsia"—i.e. self-awareness, (b) " solertia "—objectivity in the face of unexpected events. A l l systems which realize the goal of self-awareness also agree that the way to achieve this is to tackle one's m i n d : " A l l that we are is the result of what we have thought," said he Buddha, and again " Vigilance is the path. Thoughtlesness is the path to death."

Morality

Before finding a basis for action, then, we must first find self-awareness, or " w i s d o m . " T o live in this state of consciousness we must liberate ourselves from our likes and dislikes, and achieve freedom of intellect. The intellect, and hence morality, must be sovereign in our lives—this again is a common precept of al l great religions. F o r instance, the noble eight-fold path, in Buddhist teaching, is Right Understanding and Right A i m s , (awareness), Right Speech, Act ion and Livel ihood (morality), Right Effort, Mindfulness and Con­centration (" mind-training ") . M a n may be thought of in two separate ways :

1. " H o m o Sapiens," a zoological description of man. This method says that man is simply a cosmic accident in the. process of evolution. In some philosophies this is raised to a re l ig ion— a basically erroneous step; because a hypothesis fits certain facts, this does not mean that the hypo­thesis is the absolute scientific truth, or even that the hypothesis is correct. It says that there was no intelligence behind his creation—it just happened, due to the operation of immutable mechanical processes. 2. " Homo Viator " — m a n , the pilgrim. The homo viator says that it is impossible for man to be created by an accident in a few thousand m i l l i o n years—the probability of it occurring is too low. He feels "something has created h im from chaos." Both systems start with an unexplainable enigma,

•f ; creation or formation of man. Under these

two headings can be grouped al l philosophies and religions, and all methods of l iving.

Freedom

The inevitable and unavoidable inference from considering the " H o m o Sapiens" approach is that man has no freedom; everything is deter­mined by physical and chemical processes, because this is being proved by science. But the other system assumes that man is endowed with the power of potential freedom—this is justifiable, since the scientific method precludes the existence of freedom, it is unobservable by science. In Kierkegaard's words, " Omnipotence cannot only bring forth the most imposing of a l l things, the world in al l its totality, but can also bring forth the most delicate of a l l things, a creature that is free of the world." Potential freedom in one's life is affirmed by Nietsche, Sartre, and other Existentialist thinkers, and is a recurring theme in most rel igions—man has the freedom of choice.

Systems in which man is a biological phenome­non only deny the existence of any existential meaning in life. L i f e has no purpose, no meaning, is absurd, says much modern philosophy (Camus, Hegel, Sartre.) Kierkegaard was confronted with this problem of meaninglessness, but unable to offer any consolation, he could only confirm the diagnoses. " One sticks one's finger into the soil to tell by the srnell what land one is i n ; I stick my finger into existence—it smells of "nothing. Where am I? W ho am I? H o w did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world? What does the world mean ? W ho is it that has lured me into the thing, and now leaves me there? . . . H o w did I come into the world? Why was JL not consulted, why was I not made acquainted with its manners and customs, but was thrust into its ranks as though I'd been bought from a kidnapper, a dealer in souls? H o w did I obtain an interest in it? Where is the Director? I would l ike to see h i m . " Evolut ion is assumed to be taking mankind (a collective term) higher and higher. But presumably one does not bother about the majority who w i l l fal l by the wayside. M a n has no task in life, but everything is pre­viously determined and programmed by scientific principles.

Art and Individuality

The homo viator considers that man is a " pupi l in the school of l i fe ," to use a sanctimonious phrase. H e must use his freedom to fit i n with the universe as a whole, and his task is set by the " Director of the enterprise " (Kierkegaard). One can teach optics to a bl ind man (manipulative knowledge), but this is a very different from a knowledge of L I G H T . Science trains us highly i n manipulative knowledge, to solve convergent problems, but divergent problems cannot be solved by such knowledge. Others are regarded simply as physical necessities for self-preservation, by homo sapiens, but the homo viator says that unless one lives in a certain way one is debarred f rom understanding the things worth understand­ing. The two systems lead to completely different modes of l iv ing and thinking (in one case, art, for instance, would be regarded as an intimation assisting towards self-awareness, but in the other case, art is propaganda or entertainment). One cannot be agnostic, for this is simply subscribing to " H o m o Sapiens," but must decide which course to follow. Both philosophical systems agree that man must develop his individuality, (c.f. " The Lonely C r o w d , " by Reesman) but i f one views man as " Homo Viator ," one must progress further. T o achieve " metanoia " (self-awareness) and then " rebirth," or to live in a " state' of inspiration," is the goal.

People judge themselves by their intentions, and other people by actions, but if this process were reversed, many problems of community life would be solved. We would also live existentially, and discover freedom and responsibility. Whatever objections one had against M r . Schumacher's method of philosophy, one could have nothing but admiration for the lucid way in which it was presented. So often, philosophy is wrapped up in obscure mumbo-jumbo, tu t here at least one had the satisfaction of understanding and digesting the choices and arguments presented.

M A R T I N B E L L

Poll on

President Ignorance Revealed

\S THE AVERAGE I.C. student well enough informed on the running of the

Union to be able to choose wisely a Union President ?

Kanta Polls investigated this question by asking approximately two hundred members of the C o l ­lege including some Freshers, the fol lowing three questions:—

1. What do you think the main function of the President of I C U is ?

2. W ho is responsible for the basic financial policy of the U n i o n ?

3. H o w many people sit on Counci l ? A summary of the result is given below. Q u . 1—

per cent Don't know 28 Student representative 20 Public figure 13 Administrator 10

In answer to the first question, the largest per­centage (28 per cent) of the people simply did not know what the main function of the President of I C U is, or even should be, and 29 per cent had only a vague idea.

When asked what he thought the job of the President should be, A d r i a n Fletcher, President of I C U , said that it would 'vary from President to President, but it should be concerned mainly with being one of the following : an administrator, a fieurehead, a student representative to I.C. authori­ties or to other Colleges and Universities.

Twenty-five per cent of those interviewed ad­mitted they did not know the. answer to question two ; 30 per cent gave the correct answer—Coun­c i l . This shows a distinct lack of interest in the financial affairs of the U n i o n .

Lastly, the majority of students (75 per cent) thought Counci l to be smaller, and therefore less representative, than it really is. Eighty per cent of those asked could not get within plus or minus five of the correct number, 26, their answers very-ing from 4 to 40.

F r o m the results it can be inferred that the majority of the members of this College are unin­formed or mis-informed on the running and set-up of the U n i o n .

R . J . M .

Private Party at the Queens Gar­den Hostel for Commonwealth

Students

F E L I X 7

s • u D i N 01 s m m E R S E AlS

772 Foreigners

Visit I.C

Official Attitudes

Mr. DO W E L L T A L K S A B O U T T H E R E C T O R ' S O V E R S E A S STUDENTS

C O M M I T T E E

I M P E R I A L C O L L E G E has more students from overseas than any other college in

London University, with the exception of the London School or Economis. Last year, there were seven hundred and seventy-two overseas students in the college, or one in 4.2. This is much higher than the national aver­age for universities which is one in ten.

Some of these students are from European countries and North America, but the majority are from other continents. Usually they come to Imperial College direct from their own country, and find themselves plunged into our English society with some very strange customs. How do they react? What do they think of us?

The student from abroad can usually be picked out from a crowd by his physical characteristics; this makes h i m feel different. It is emphasised by language problems. A large number of the students w i l l find themselves having to speak English exclusively for the first time in their lives. A s one third year Malaysian said, " Don't criticize the English in my report, I think it is amazing that I have produced anything in a foreign language."

Accommodation Troubles H i s main difficulty is with accommodation, a

problem which we all share. Unfortunately, though, there are many landladies who w i l l not take lodgers who look foreign, this problem gets worse as the student's skin gets darker. He can get help in finding accommodation from the University Lodgings Bureau or the Brit ish Counci l , or in cases of real difficulty M r . M c ­Dowell , secretary of the Rector's committee on Overseas Students, can help. This cannot reduce the embarrassment felt when he answers advert­isements for flats or digs and is told, " Sorry, no blacks."

A t Imperial College there is a large number of nationalistic societies. I cannot help feeling that the very number of them is in some way an indi­cation of our failure to form an integrated community at Imperial. W e have a society for racraj equality and an International Relations Club, but they concern themselves in the main with what is going on in the world at large—perhaps we ought to set our own house i n order first. What is it that goes wrong? It is unlikely that many people w i l l have another opportunity of meeting others from different cultures.

The Good Ladies at Chelsea There are several bodies which exist outside

the college which offer friendship to the foreign students, but many of them seem to exist i n order for the " good Ladies " of Chelsea and Kensing­ton to demonstrate their virtuosity to each other. However good some of these organisations may be, it is still a reflection on our hospitality as fellow students that they exist at al l . The Brit ish Counci l runs the London Overseas Students Centre which provides a focal point for the foreign student in London. A n y British student who wishes to can get free honorary membership of the centre, but few take advantage of this. The effect of bodies such as this is to make it easier for a student from say. Africa, to make friends with a student from Ind

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a, than one from Britain. The main problem, along with accommodation,

which besets the student from abroad is the vaca­tions. When the term ends we all go home, or at least those of us with families in the British Isles do, but the student who is l iv ing in a foreign country, and who has not got a great deal of money, cannot. Some are lucky, and w i l l be able to spend this Christmas at a Centre such as that at Hans Crescent, or w i l l have been given an invita-ion to spend the holiday with a family in this country. Others w i l l not be so lucky and w i l l be facing the thought of Christmas alone in digs. This is somewhere where we can help—see oppo­site.

J . C A W S O N

T T W A S F O U N D on talking to a variety of I.C. students (born in the U.K.) that

the majority were oblivious of the existence of the committee. Mr . McDowell, the secre­tary, was therefore asked to talk to Felix about how the committee tries to help over­seas students.

Before the beginning of the academic year an introductory day is organised. This consists of an information morning, when the students are given a talk on the history of the College, and meet various College officials whom they can ask about lodgings, health facilities etc. etc. They are then given lunch, and the afternoon is devoted to a departmental guide, ending in tea. This year 140 out of the 300 overseas freshers attended the above meeting.

Overseas students are welcome to go to see M r . M c D o w e l l whenever they come up against prob­lems. Generally he finds language and trouble in finding accommodation constitute the greatest difficulties. Often he helps with more unusual problems such as nursery schools for students' children.

M r . McDowell ' s greatest worry is trying to help overseas students during vacation, when often they find themselves alone.

One of the answers to this problem is for an English family to have a student to stay with them, and often this is the only opportunity for the student to See life in an English home.

C L A I R E S O U T E R

If there is any British Student in college who would like to en­tertain an overseas student in his home this Christmas would he get in touch with us and we will try to put him in contact with one. If any overseas student would like to take advantage of any offers, will he or she do the same. Please contact Claire Souter, room 130 New Beit, or through the Felix pigeon hole in the Union Rack.

Bewildered Buddhist in Britain

L A Y H A R T A N is a Chinese student from Singapore—a second year chemist.

She came to Britain because of the better facilities fo* studying science, because she had heard of I.C., and also for the oppor­tunity of living abroad ; she hopes to return to Singapore after her degree.

Lay H a r -was in digs in Holloway last year, and now she has digs irt Earls Court. She says that because she was in digs a long way out< she took very little part in college activities last year; she was only a member of the Chinese Soc. and the Buddhist Culture Soc , and had very little social life, (apart from I C W A functions).

M o s t students from overseas, apart from scho­lars, come from wealthy homes (otherwise they would not be here), and she said that in her case, this meant that in Singapore she had led a very cosy life, whese most things were done for her. Coming to I.C. was a very abrupt change, and meant a great adjustment. There are difficulties in obtaining lodging for non-Europeans, difficul­ties i n communicating with Br i t i sh students, dif­ferent customs, and al l this is very confusing to a foreigner. Thus Lay H a r feels that the College does not adequately help overseas students newly arrived in Britain, especially in their first term, and thinks that more ought to be done. She said, however, that she was lucky in having a very help­ful Personal Tutor, but many people did not even know who theirs was.

She thinks that where to stay, and what to do during the holidays, can someimes be a problem with foreign students, but that she is lucky in having relations near London. However, although her impressions of her first term at I.C. were simply of bewilderment,, this year she intends to have a fuller college life.

M . J . B E L L .

Troubled African

Christmas dinner at the British Council Residence for Commonwealth Students in

Hans Crescent

" § O M E E N G L I S H boys are all right. 1 suppose that it is partly our fault—

overseas students should try to talk to the British students and not Wait to be ap­proached by them."

Sam is a student from East Africa. This is his second year in England but his first at Imperial College.

He spent his first year in digs in South London whilst he attended a technical college. He was thrown out of his first digs with only six hours notice, shortly after his arrival in Britain. In this case the Brit ish Council was able to help him, and he soon got some more.

This year he has been more fortunate, and is l iv ing in a room in East Afr ica House. East A f r i c a House is a hall of residence, built for students in London who are nationals of one of the East A f r i c a n Countries, It is typical of several residences which have been set up for students from specific countries. His room is a small area, par­titioned off from a larger room. F o r this reason it is noisy, and at £5 12s. 6d. a week is fairly expensive.

Does he l ike Imperial College? " W e l l , the standard of education is good." Socially? " I belong to Wellsoc and the Afr ica Society but no other clubs." If he misses his meal at seven o'clock, he w i l l either have to pay for another one or go without. This acts as a severe barrier to his activities.

Although most students, from overseas tend to do more academic work than their English counterparts, Sam finds that most of his studies are confined to work at college, except for periods immediately before exams.

S.I.D.

F E L I X

Compiled by

YCatholic Society Mass. 8.55 a.m. 11 Prince's Gardens. The D i c k Morrissey Quartet are ap­pearing in tonight's Jazz C lub C o n ­cert. Also appearing w i l l be the "Jazz Congress." 8 p.m. in the Upper Re­fectory. Admission 3s. 6d.—Members 2s. 6d.

Literary Society w i l l meet at 7.30 in the C o m m o n R o o m , level 6, Elec Eng.

YI.C. Chemical Society " Graphite Compounds, are they Synthetic metals or aromatic derivation?" by Prof. A . Ubbelohde. 5 p.m. i n Theatre C, Chemistry Department. G l i d i n g C lub w i l l meet in room 254, Aeronautical Enginering Building at 5.45 p.m.

Catholic Society Focus Group Meet­ing. 613 Tizard H a l l at 5.45 p.m., today and every Thursday. Operation Starlight " 1 9 Spiritual Batteries around the world." This operation is the greatest Metaphysical task ever undertaken upon this Earth for 100,000 years. Aetherius Society Group, Botany'Lecture Theatre, 7.30 p.m. A l l are welcome. ' • U . S . Pol icy i n V i e t n a m " M r . Frank B. Crump from the U.S. In­formation Service w i l l be introducing the subject at a meeting of the Inter­national Relations Club in the Upper Lounge, Southside, at 7.30 p.m. The talk w i l l be followed by general dis­cussion. A l l are welcome to come along to discuss the topics. Coffee w i l be served.

I.C. Choi r Concert, at 8 p.m. in the Concert H a l l , Royal College of Music . Programme : Bach's Christmas Ora­torio, Part I; and Rossini's Messe Sollennelle. Tickets 4s, "rom the choir Secretary, or any member of the choir. Beit H a l l Wine and Cheese Party, for residents and their guests. 8 p.m. in the Senior common room/T.V. room. Tickets : 6s. Single, 10s. Double from Ted Needham, R o o m 7, Beit.

Mike Smith

p.m. on Saturday, and gets back at 6 p.m. on Sunday. I.C. H o p . The Raiders and the Five Proud Walkers w i l l provide the music in tonight's hop in the U n i o n at eight.

YIslamic Society Friday Prayers, 1.30 p.m., 11 Princes Gardens. Arabic , Pakistani, and Islamic Socie­ties w i l l be holding a joint meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Upper Lounge, Southside. Salahuldin G a h i n w i l l speak on " The Position of Women in Islam." F i lms on the Kahsrhir conflict and Jordan w i l l also be shown. A l l are welcome.

Imperial College F o l k & Square Danc­ing C l u b , 7.15 p.m. in the U n i o n Snack Bar. T o m Jones—the well known film version of Henry Fieldinss novel, w i l l be shown by the F i l m Society i n R o o m 342, Mech. Eng. Dept. at 7.15 R.C.S. Carnival B a l l . Zoot Money and his B i g R o l l Band and the Wash­ington D C s . 9 p.m. t i l l 6 a.m., in IC U n i o n . Fancy Dress: Shieks in the night. A l l night Dancing; cabaret. Midnight meal & films. Tickets 25s. Double.

President's B a l l , Dancing to Norman Jackson & his Orchestra, with Lance Percival in Cabaret. The Settlers and the Sound Trekkers. Senate House—8 ' t i l l 2. Tickets 55s. Double. Formal Dress.

YA m I M y Brothers Keeper—Touch-Stone Weekend. Li fe in Britain's P r i ­sons and their purposes w i l l be discus­sed in the very pleasant surroundings ?f Silwood Park- A special coach leaves Prince Consort Road at 2.15

YJudgement. Brother Columba SSF w i l l speak on this subject at Sung Eucharist, St. Augustine's Queen's Gate, at 9.00 a.m. Huxley Society: holds several informal discussion metings each Sunday at 2.30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come along and invited to air their views on the topic. See the Huxsoc board for details!

U . L . Presbyterian-Congregational So­ciety holds meetings every Sunday. F u l l details on U n i o n noticeboard or contact L . Heran c/o Mech. Eng. 4.00 p.m. at Whitefields Church, Tottenham Court Road.

YI.C. Christ ian U n i o n . The Christian's Knowledge of G o d . Rev. Jack G r a ­ham. 1.10 p.m. in 266 Aero. Under-Water C l u b w i l l meet at 6 p.m. outside the U n i o n to be at the Great Smith Street Baths for 6.30 p.m. Dancing C l u b Lessons, Lat in A m e r i ­can at 7.00 p.m., and Jive and Rock at 8.15 p.m. in the U n i o n Bui lding, C o n ­cert H a l l :

H . G . Wells Society : " Them." A famous science fiction film about Giant Ant Invasion is presented at 7.30 in >Room 408 Elec. Eng. Dept__

W H A T ' S O N If your club or society has any

events i n the first two weeks of next term; you can advertise them free of charge in the next issue of F E L I X . Please send ful l information and de­tails (signed!) by Monday 6th Decem­ber to " W h a t ' s O n , " Fel ix , v ia the U n i o n Rack, or M i k e Smith, R o o m 213 Falmouth H a l l .

YEngineering Society : B.P. " O i l in the N o r t h Sea." 1.15 p.m. in Mech. Eng. 542. W e b c r n : Thea Musgrave composer, w i l l give *a talk on Webern in 53 Prince's Gate at 1.30 p.m. Webern is an exquisite and original miniaturist, whose poetic use of musical colour, line and space appeals even to those who find serialism forbidding. " M o o s e ' s Tooth." The exciting ad­ventures of Tony Smythe i n North America—presented by the Explora­tion Society. 5.30 p.m. in Physics Lect. Theatre.

I.C. Railway Society Colonel Robert­son w i l l talk on " Railway Inspection" 5.30 p.m., Meeh. Eng. R o o m 664. Comparative Rel igion (I) The first of two lectures given by Professor R. W . Smart, Professor of Theology, B i r ­mingham University, 1.30 p.m. Catholic Society : Focus (discussion) Groups in rooms 547 and 475, today and every Tuesday at 5.45 p.m. Dancing C l u b : classes. Beginner's Ballroom at 7.00 .p.m and Interme­diate Bal lroom at 8.15 p.m. in the Concert H a l l .

I.C. Dramatic Society presents, " The F i r e Raisers," a play by M a x Frisch. 7.45 p.m. in the Concert H a l l , 7th-10th December. Tickets 3s. - 4s. from the Business Manager, I.C. U n i o n .

YCatholic Society : Mass 8.55 a.m. 11 Princes Gardens.

YG l i d i n g C l u b w i l l meet in room 254,

IN WITHA CHANCE T H I S S A T U R D A Y I.C. are playing i n the first round of the University of London Cup. There are three separ­ate cups to be won; the Challenge Cup, the Upper Reserves Cup and the Lower Reserves C u p . In the Chal­lenge Cup, the first team are playing U . C . at Harl ington. This year, d i l i ­gent preparations are being made to form a team combination capable of bringing the Cup back to I.C.. This takes the form of training together with the University players eligible for the competition. In addition, efforts are being made to invite pro­fessional players to discuss tactics with the team in order to get some measure of unity .among the players.

In previous years it could be said that I.C. had too many players who could not be expected to combine well with the nucleus of the regular League team for just three games a year. However, this year, as there are only two such players, a better degree of combination should be ^achieved.

The first team prospects against U . C . look reasonably favourable, having already drawn with tham in the League with a slightly weakened team. The only other stumbling block before the final w i l l be King's , but i f the team starts playing well we hope to be there.

R. J . F A I R H O L M E

Aeronautical Engineering Building at 5.45 p.m. Huxley Society: The Threat and the Promise of Leisure in an Automated Future, a talk by Prof. Denis Gaber, F R S , presented by I.C. Huxley Society in the Top Lounge of Biet U n i o n at 7.30 p.m.

Kashmir and Indo-Pakistani Rela­tions. A joint meeting of the Indian, Pakistani and International Relations Clubs w i l l be held in the main Physics Lecture Theatre at 7.30 p.m. Three guest speakers w i l l be invited to talk. General discussion w i l l follow. A l l are welcome to come and take part.

Concentration, Contemplation, M e ­ditation.—The Aetherius Society., By ment w i l l dawn, and true knowledge w i l l be gained. Yet, this exalted state is i thin the capabality of each and every one of us. Come and find out in this tape recorded lecture by D r . George K i n g , C o m m o n R o o m , level 6, Elec. Eng, 7.30. A l l are welcome.

Y 10 I.C. Mountaineering Club's Meet w i l l be at Nant Gwynant, North Wales, this weekend.

Y II I.C.'s Christmas H o p . Bags of rub­bish, loads of fun for kiddies, com­plete with Mother Christmas in at­tendance. John Brown's Bodies and the New Sedalia Jazz Band w i l l pro­vide the music, whilst the Christmas spirit w i l l be flowing freely every­where. Prizes include booze, chocs, cigs. U n i o n 8.00 p.m.

YHeaven and H e l l . Brother Columba S S F w i l l speak on this subject at Sung Eucharist, St. Augustine's, Queen's Gate, at 9.00 a.m. U . L . Presbyterian-Congregacional So­ciety. 8.00 p.m. at Whitefields Church Tottenham Court Road. Christmas Anthology and H o l y Communion.

Y 13 I.C. Christian U n i o n . Faith, Reason and Revelation 1.10 p.m. in 266 Aero.

Science F i c t i o n F i l m Effects, M r . Matt McCarthy, Ex-Tech. Off. B.F.I. , who worked on " The D a y of the Triffids." 7.30 p.m. in room 408 Elec. Eng.

Y 14 Gershwin—'Man of two worlds; per­haps the supreme melodist of the 20th Century. Geoffrey Bush w i l l talk on this composer and his works at 1.30 p.m. in 53, Prince's Gate. Comparative Rel igion II The second of two lectures given by Prof. R. N . Smart.

YM i n e s ' B a l l . Dancing to Paul London's Band. Roulette, cabaret and three bars. U n i o n , nine t i l l three. Tickets 30s. and 50s. double. D.J.s.

GOOD SHOT A W I N N I N G S T R E A K by the Rifle Club, both teams have been shoot­ing well. The A team shot against Kings on 17th November, and, despite dismal scores from al l except M a r t i n Bregrer and Bob Kennett, substantially beat them by 8 points. This victory was followed up on 21st November by a five point win over Battersea, with good shooting from the whole team.

The B team shot for the first time on 22nd November against Barts, at home. Averaged 95, which was enough t o . soundly beat the Barts team even allowing for the bad luck of one of their members, whose light rifle jammed, and who consequently obtained 58 with an I C rifle.

RIGHT TACK T H E R I V E R H A M B L E was the scene of a sailing victory over Southampton and an equally succesful away match was sailed against Leicester, despite dubious winds and natural hazards at the bottom of a disused granite quarry, the venue of the Leicester club. Q M C suffered a similar defeat at the Welsh Harp, but a match against Battersea had to be abandoned because of gale force winds.

The college has maintained a strong position in the University " A " points series, and comprises a high propor­tion of the University of London 1st team.

I.C. 3rds beat I.C. 2nds in a soccer league match after the 2nd's captain's boot had disintegrated during the match.

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Athletics Water Polo

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1 E N Y E A R S A G O our athletics team won the University winter field events trophy for the first time: two weeks ago they won

if for the second. After ten long bleak years, during which throwers and jumpers seemed to be entirely the property of other colleges, and we were forced to rely on press-ganging unwilling " track men " into service, such success seems like a dream.

In spite of the cold, wet and windy

FISTICUFFS YY/ATER POLO has never had a

reputation as a " gentleman's sport," and I.C.s match against Birmingham University bore more resemblance to Putney tow-path on Morphy Day than a normal polo match.

I.C. scored three excellent goals through their trio of Geoff Hook,, Barry Stapley and K e n Price. These however were insufficient to overcome the handicap of having Stapley, Shorty, Randall and Rowe sent off

conditions turning the Mot spur Park ground into a polar waste, there was a complete college turn-out and th's, in addition to several fine individual performances, was our winning factor.

The Tvalve trophy for field events works on an " aggregate" points system, where the distance achieved by each competitor from a college is added together to find the final college placings. This means that it is essen­tial to have two men entered for each event for otherwise even the indi­vidual winner of an event can score no points i f he has no second string to back h im up,

Full Team

By ensuring that we had a fu l l team in each event, we managed to gain high points in most events : 1st place in the H i g h Jump; 2nd in the Pole Vault, Discus, Shot and Triple Jump and sufficient points in the remaining events to take us to a 30-27 points victory over the second place team Guy's Hospital .

Near Thing

It was a neck and neck struggle be­tween I.C. and Guy's al l afternoon with I.C. just leading by one point each time the overall scores were anounced, and only in the dying Stages of the afternoon, as the rain began to pour down, did we draw ahead with everything depending on the result of the Tr iple Jump. Here Chris Fowers and Paul Jones, fighting hard at the end of a strenuous after­noon after each had competed in sev­eral events, managed to stave off the Guy's challenge and bring us to vic­tory.

Versatile

M a n y of our athletes tried their hand at several events : Leon H a l l took one look at the high jump take­off and stormed off in disgust to come second in the pole vault and Brian Dexter gave fine service by coming second and third in the Discus anij Shot. We wefs nowhere near so succesful in the relays' cup, which we have held quite often in the past, with a depleted team coming a dis­mal seventh.

Badminton

Fall from Grace

AFTER EASY VICTORIES against I . C , Q.M.C. and King's, we went confidently to play the next best team in the League to us—Goldsmiths. Last year's Captain, M . Fitzgerald, who had only lost one league match for I.C. in two years had an " off-day " and lost two of his matches. R. M.ilward and D . Fisher after being 14-0 up against Goldsmith's first pair in the final game of the first match lost their grip and managed to lose. In light of the foregoing, what chance did we s'.and. We lost, 6-3! Our first defeat for almost a year. Since then, however. Goldsmith's have been beaten by King's and as our seconds beat them at the beginning of the season, we should still win the League (always assuming we beat our un­beaten second team.)

Ian Blair

Sportlight

FROZEN FIXTURES 'T'HE NORTH W I N D doth blow and we shall have snow," and so we did—

lots of it. Perhaps it did not last very long but it was enough to warn us that this looks like being a harsh, bitter winter. A winter that w i l l tempt us a l l to any excuse to avoid soending a Wednesday or Saturday afternoon shivering on a Harlington Pitch.

There w i l l be matches cancelled; there w i l l be pitches unfit; and there w i l l be a lot of people who suddenly discover they have an unprecedented amount of work to do, relatives to meet etc. N o doubt the top teams can be persuaded to keep turning out through all the bad weather to come, but for the lower ranks, who may possibly feel that their matches are not so important, it w i l l be a different proposition.

Don't Give Up

But if a sport is worth doing it is worth doing wel l—and that means regularly. D u r i n g the bad winter of '62-'63, even some of the gym games gave up because the gym was too cold. This year, should the weather be as

• bad, let us hope that everyone w i l l be brave and remember that everyone is needed from the 1st team to the 7th.

Frank Hobson

Soccer Report by Bob Grundy

A MOODY WIN I.C. 2 — Q.M.C. 1

O N W E D N E S D A Y , 17th November, I.C. travelled to Brentwood to play Q.M.C. in the Premier Division of the University League.

Due to their previous record the visitors were not too confident of their chances. The conditions could not have been called ideal, thick mud covered most of the playing surface, which later on in the game wj>c *•» •nrn into a quagmire.

Straight from the kick off pressure was on the I.C. defence and early on a shot from the Q M C inside forward was kicked off the line by Holmes with Wojtowicz beaten. I C played good football and managed to stave off these early shocks and indeed went close on a number of occasions, Smart in particular going near with a twenty yard drive. Towards half time, I C playing with the slope, were firmly in charge cf the game, but they could not take the lead.

beaten all the way

Two minutes after the interval Q M C scored when a centre from the left was headed in by the inside right, beating Wojtowicz a l l the way.

It was very pleasing however to see the I C Team fighting back after this setback, and they set up attack after attack, going close to scoring on a number of occasions. It came as no surprise when Eastall scored the equaliser; after receiving the ball square on the edge of the area he sent the ball rocketing into the top corner leaving the keeper helpless.

hasty measures

The game was now developing into a battle, more against the conditions than anything else. Both teams were striving hard for the winning goal, and the defences had to resort to hasty clearances time and ime again.

I C at last got their second goal when Hopwood although harassed by two defenders crashed the ball into the corner of the net. Although Q M C piled everything into a final bid for the equalizer, the IC defence held out to the end.

This against the form w i n for I C was very heartening, particularly with the team coming from behind.

by the referee. In a brave effort to restore the balance Rowe even managed to get sent off a second time but it was a l l in vain and we lost by four goals to three.

Knock-out Cup Last Friday in the play-off of the

U . L . Cup I.C. won through to the final. On the way there both the 1st and 2nd team defeated Q . M . C . 6 — 0 to reach the semi-final. In the semi­final I.C. I and I.C. II were drawn against each other with the 1st coming home 4—2 after a close struggle. A n d so on to the final for the fifth year running. Our opponents U . C . took a very early lead but owing to poor shooting by I.C. the equaliser did not corne until 20 sees, before the end through a goal by Randall . The game went into extra time when U . C . scored to take the cup 2—1.

Squash

NTHE A N N U A L pilgrimage of two IC squash V ' s to one of the more provin­cial of Universities took place on the week-end of the 20th, 21st Novem­ber.

The party set off from the Union at the civil ised hour of 11.00 p.m. on Saturday morning. The first car managed to cross Hyde Park before becoming lost. After driving right round Regents Park a couple of times, the driver and navigator decided on a l ikely looking road and we resumed our journey in the general direction of Cambridge.

The cars arrived in time for lunch in various pubs and/or colleges. In the afternoon the 1st team played and were just beaten by a strong Christ's College team 2-3. The 2nd fared better against the St. Catherine's first team and managed to scrape a win 3-2.

Sunday Tea

The evening was spent drowning sorrows or celebrating victory until closing time. The following morning was spent similarly occupied t i l l luncn time. In the atternoon the 1st team obtained a commendable win over Queen's College; 3-2. The second team were not so fortunate being hammered 0-5 by a strong St. John s Team.

After tea and crumpets, followed by ale, the two teams rejoined and set off for the bright lights of London again. The journey was uneventful apart from one of the cars nearly running to the other at some traffic lights.

Pete Combes

Rugby

GUTTERIDGE CUP SIR J O H N CASS C O L L . 0 — L C 17

Last Friday i n the play-off of the U . L . Cup I.C. won through to the final. On the way there both the 1st and 2nd team defeated Q . M . C . 6—0 to reach the semi-final. In the semi­final I.C. I and I.C. II were drawn against each other with the 1st coming home 4—2 after a close struggle. A n d so on to the final for the fifth year running. Our opponents U . C . took, a very early lead but owing to poor shooting by I.C. the equaliser did not come until 20 sees, before the end through a goal by Randall . The game went into extra time when U . C . scored to take the cup 2—1.

Last Wednesday at Chingford I.C. beat Cass by 5 tries and one conver­sion to nil in the 1st round of the cup.

I.C. lost the toss and played down the slope into a cold wind and a low bright sun. T w o early L C . attacks

nearly succeeded but Cass defences held out.

A s the first half ran out, it became obvious that Cass were at full stretch, but also that I.C. could not click in attack. I.C. were up against it, and were playing up slope next half. The I.C. forwards took over. Cass were outshoved, outhooked, out-jumped, and were generally given a lesson in combined forward play in the tight and the loose.

The forwards hunted continuously with real fire. A defensive error by Cass on their own line brought the next I.C. score. The right wing failed to clear and was caught by D. Howell. N . Bentley picked up and went over for try No. 4.~ One more try and we ran out impressive winners.

Owen Williams.

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P H E GUILDS UNION meeting opened last Thursday in the "newest, biggest, bestest" lecture theatre in Mech. Eng. In the new surroundings,

the large number there were not so obvious since for once everybody, apart from I.C.U. President, found seats.

EDWARDS LOSES CONTROL RHODESIAN DEBATE*. NOVEMBER 25th

This was the biggest meeting the Debating Society has had for a long time—an audience of 200 being pre­sent. Unfortunately it was spoilt by much over-emotion rt rhetoric and by continuous il-mauncr :1 heckling whenever anyone supported the mo­tion—which the chairman seem in-caoable of quelling, only calling for order twice.

i ne main argument, of Patric W a l l proposing that " this house would riot suport further coercive action against M r . Smith's Government" was that be­

cause of the intransigence of South Afr ica and Portugal, any economic sanctions are foredoomed to dis­aster. T.ie only logical sanction, the use of force, would involve not only battle but ful l scale war, and Bri ta in had no right to instigate this.

D a v i l Ennals presented his case logically and unemotionally to a very tense audience. He emphasised the political repercussions of a policy of no further involvement, such as the possible break up of the Common-weath, and reiterated the need for im­position of o i l sanctions. Roger Lee, at times inaudible from the constant hissing and booing, gave a badly de­livered but sound speech, handicapped by a Rhodesian acent.

The floor produced some note­worthy speeches, especially from M r . Anand and M r . Lisman.

The motion was defeated by 144 votes to 29, with about 15 abstentions.

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EMERGENCY

CALL O.SS. _N E M E R G E N C Y task force

to aid in cases of sudden evic­tion is one of the ideas envisaged by Arthur Francis to help the Notting Hi l l Housing problem.

Mr. Francis is now engaged in forming a society to help with any social work necessary locally. There is, he feels, a genuine need for such a society since all the voluntary social work is done at present by the re­ligious societies. No scope is afforded the person who wishes to help in so­cial work but does not wish to be involved with a religious body.

The principal function of this club —tentatively named the Organisation for Social Services—would be to pro­vide a link between the students in College and any social work that needs to be done outside the College. A file of such work would be com­piled and would extend as the organ­isation grew and was able to under­take more tasks.

In the immediate future O.S.S. is likely to be mainly concerned with the Notting H i l l Housing Trust—remov­ing the responsibility for organising redecoration parties, task forces and people to aid by simply talking to those in need from the Carnival Com­mittee.

Talks with officers of the religious societies and Huxley Society have met with favourable response, and the club is soon to be proposed to the Social Clubs Committee.

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PEOPLE D Y MID-WEEK, attendance at the

two meetings already held in Popu­lation Control Week had been disap­pointing—despite two excellent meet­ings. Mr. Norman of the Centre for Urban Studies outlined lucidly the size of the population disaster that is descending upon us; this is what people need: incontrovertible facts and figures.

M r . Taylor of Oxfam showed us a moving film about work done by voluntary workers in post-indepen­dence Algeria, followed by a detailed discussion of Oxfam's work.

Every year £300 m i l l i o n go out of this country to help the developing countries; half of this comes from the Government; of the rest, £2 mil l ion come from Oxfam, who also, pro­bably, make the greatest contribution, through their advertising, to persuad­ing the people of this country of the need for A i d .

There is a move afoot in this Col ­lege for more social work to be out­side; Oxfam should be high on the list of worthy causes.

rtuyone interested in such social .vork, whether just for the Carnival or all the year round, should contact Arthur Francis at R o o m 26 Weeks Hal l or add their names to posters asking for helpers for Notting H i l l .

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Present at the front, with the Ex­ecutive, was Professor Ford , shortly to become the first Gui ldsman ever to head the Mech. Eng. Dept. Thus D a i Howel l continues his staff-stu­dent relationship drive.

The routine business of the meet­ing was dispensed with, with a m i n i ­mum of interruptions. A n election was held for the I .C.W.A. representa­tive on Guilds Counci l . Of the two nominations : Professor Sir W i l l i s Jackson and Pam Pocock, the former was disallowed (his nomination was not up for a week) and Miss Pocock was elected.

Professor Ford presented the M o r ­phy and L o w r y crews with full and half colours respectively. A Gui lds U n i o n General Award was made to M r . T o m Morley for his services to the College since 1919. He is shortly to retire. This delightful old gentle­man then made an amusing speech thanking everybody and recounting some of his experiences.

T i d M a i n i , Vice-president, adver­tised the Engineers' Dinner on 28th January, and rather embarrassedly, the Caro l Singing on 15th December.

A parade of clothing suitable for the Swiming G a l a was held under the title " Haute Boutique Floatique," compered by that man's man, R u d i Roberts. Exhibits included " M i s s Bir th Control " i n " an all-enveloping, rubber sk in ," " M r . Unisphere 1965 " and, for after the event, get " K- l ine . "

The finale—Phil Marshal l " This is Y o u r L i f e "—plotted the wet and messy progress of this " product of a miscarriage " from his early days as a seducer of nurses through his educa­tion at Eton (which he left having had a fag) and his experience in the Pioneer Corps (from which he was cashiered) to his first G l o r y at Guilds

Everybody left the meeting feeling once again that Guilds is the greatest. Though more subdued than previous ones, a happy medium was struck be­tween seriousness and farce.

QUIZ WIN T . C BEAT their opponents in the

2nd match oi the *' Quiz Inter­national " series being produced by the B.B.C. We beat U.C. by 86 points to 77, and, having already beaten 1..S.I;. (82-50)—this puts us well on the way to the finals.

" The Quiz International " series is for teams of Commonwealth students from London colleges; each college plays four others, and the top four have a knock-out competition on a points basis. The I.C. team was Ian Cumming, (Canada and E . E . P.C.), Darshan Pandya, (India and Chem. Eng. P.G.), Patrick V a n der Puiye, (Ghana and E . E . P.G.).

I.C. Students can support their team by obtaining a ticket from the U n i o n Office, to be present at the recording.

Future Dates : Wed. 12th Jan. (v. King's College) Wed. 19th Jan. (v. Q.M.C.)

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' EDITOR - T. DOE. ASSISTANTS- 5. L I C E , N.?LEADEN. iAVE YOU LOST SOMETHING?

S u s p i c i o u s goings-on outs ide Garden i a l l were repor ted dur ing the e a r l y hours of Saturday morning by Dave M i t c h e l l , ..ero - A G . W h i l s t nak ing t o a s t at 5 a .m . , he saw f i v e souths and a g i r l l o i t e r i n g near a car parked outs ide the l a l l . When he looked a g a i n , t l ie car was gone. Other s n a i l i n c i d e n t s had been n o t i c e d and the p o l i c e were •• c a l l e d .

The next morning, no car t he f t s ware r e p o r t e d , but s e v e r a l car l o c k s had been

fo r ced open. The dotmobi le owned by the warden of Garden l a l l , M r . ? , M i n t o n , was

among the four v e h i c l e s i n t e r f e r e d w i t h . Is anyone missimg a ca r?

TIB SCRUFFS OF I . C .

ilave you ever sat i n Kooney's es tab l i shment perus ing the ' a l a c a r t e ' and i d l y

looked a t the dress of the c l i e n t e l e ? G h a s t l y , i s n ' t i t ? Why do the U n i v e r s i t y s tudents

i n s i s t on wear ing the wors t c l o the s i n London? S u r e l y t r o u s e r s w i t h a crease must be

p r e f e r a b l e t o those t h i n g s c a l l e d ' j e a n s ' w i t h bulbous knees and sagging bottoms - can

there be any other e s t a b l i shuent i n England where the men of supposedly h igh i n t e l l e c t

appear fo r work i n such a manner. The po lo-necked sweater (doesn ' t need w a s h i n g s o o f t e n [

d i r t y j a c k e t and the shoes which l a s t saw Cherry Blossom at t h e i r b i r t h , seem to be

the u n i v e r s a l marks of the s tudent . Can i t be wondered tha t other t eenagers , not so

f o r t u n a t e , t r y to i m i t a t e t h e i r so c a l l e d b e t t e r s ?

Good c l o t h e s are expens ive , but they wear and look so much b e t t e r than t h e i r cheap coun t e rpa r t s , so you man of I . C . why not se t an example to the r e s t of London 's s tuden ts , Y o u ' r e not even u r t i s t s so you c a n ' t use tha t excuse , y o u ' r e meant to be the fu ture top minds i n s c i e n c e , ana s u r e l y a s c i e n t i s t should be o r d e r l y i n body as w e l l as i n mind .

I n c i d e n t l y , some of the women s tudents at t h i s c o l l e g e shou ld read t h i s as w e l l , a m i n o r i t y are as bad as the men,

TJNI0N MESS. T * D o e '

A t the l a s t E.C.S. Union meet ing, (see page 2), C h e m i s t r y ' s Deputy Super intendant -r e s p o n s i b l e f o r maintenance - expressed d i s g u s t a t the treatment accorded to the l e c t ­ure t h e a t r e ,

He was p a r t i c u l a r l y d i s a p p o i n t e d w i t h the example se t by "the people out the f r o n t " r e f e r r i n g to the R . C . S , e x e c u t i v e .

AUDIENCE EXPLOSION FOR HUXSOC.

As expected, the Thursday meeting i n the P o p u l a t i o n C o n t r o l Week, devoted to the

sub jec t of o r a l c o n t r a c e p t i o n , was packed, 'Peace of M i n d ' , the f i l m made by G . D .

S e a r l e & C o . , w h i l e o b v i o u s l y not designed f o r an audience of our i n t e l l e c t u a l d i s ­

t i n c t i o n , was h i g h l y i n f o r m a t i v e on the b a s i c p r i n c i p l e employed by such products as

O v u l i n . In these drugs the p r o d u c t i o n of ova i s i n h i b i t e d by means of a l a r ge dose of

oes t rogen; the menstrual c y c l e i s o therwise main ta ined normal by p roges t in s s i m i l a r

to those manufactured i n the body, .lence the p i l l can be used to r egu la t e the p e r i o d s ;

cramps and pre-mens t rua l t e n s i o n a l so tend to d i sappea r . The p i l l a l so seems to reduce

the inc idence of c e r v i c a l cancer i n those women u s i n g i t . As the other f i l m showed, a t

l e a s t one American doc tor b e l i e v e s i t reduces the inc idence of Communism i n poor count -

r i e s u s ing i t .

N e v e r t h e l e s s , the technique of t a k i n g p i l l s on success ive n i g h t s f o r three weeks a t a t ime , seems to be too compl ica ted to be u s e f u l i n the deve lop ing w o r l d . The bes t hope h i r e seems to l i e i n the i n t r a - u t e r i n e p l a s t i c c o i l .

r e g a r d i n g the At tendance a t the F r i d a y d i s c u s s i o n meet ing , A u x l e y Group were as

deeply d i s a p p o i n t e d as throughout the week g e n e r a l l y . Whatever i t s q u a l i t y - and I

f o r one t h i n k i t was h igh - the a d v e r t i s i n g f o r - t h e week was not l a c k i n g i n q u a n t i t y ,

ilave people had too much p u b l i c i t y f o r the P o p u l a t i o n Problem th rus t at them?

C,1c.C.

SHORTS.

Conserva t ive c o l l a p s e s .

One gent lemen's seat c o l l a p s e d beneath h im, but auart from t h i s i n t e r l u d e the Conserva t ive S o c i e t y Dinner on Thursday evening was a complete success . A l l those pres , ent ( i n c l u d i n g the reps of Soc. Soc and Com. S o c . , not to mention L i b Soc and F e l i x * apparen t ly enjoyed the f u n c t i o n immensely.

ABTIUR SHOTTED IN IMPERIAL INSTITUTE ROAD.

A r t h u r , ex-Souths ide barman, was seen, d i s g u i s e d i n b lue b o i l e r s u i t and c a r r y i n g four empty b i s c u i t t i n s , sneaking f u r t i v e l y up Imper i a l I n s t i t u t e Road on Wednesday af ternoon, J

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Shimming Gala •» &A1NER STOLE!?.

While spectators watched the rjool-side a c t i v i t i e s on Friday night, the C i t y and

Guilds maroon banner, which was displayed "behind them, vas stolen* Guilds President Dai

Howells led a chase after the thieves hut they escaped unharmed, A Union o f f i c i a l said

he thousht i t was the work of an outside college*

ROY/DYISM. Towards the end of the evening at the pool } c e r t a i n students who bad "been l a r k i n g

i n and out of the pool turned to spraying spectators with water from a bicycle pump and

threatening them with larger doses. The spectators were largely i n indoor clothing

and without waterproof protection.

E a r l i e r a rumour had c i c u l a t e d that" someone had brought dye to colour the poo!

water. I t was evidently convincing enough to require Adrian Fletcher?; to give a waraigg

to everyone that i t would cost, £ 2 0 0 to clean the water and the pool*

Anyway Mines won the water-polo and Guilds were the o v e r a l l winners, C.G.H,

LIFT WRITERS.

'WHEN I f i r s t came to I,C, the only thing written i n the Union l i f t was ' K i l r o y * ,

but with the passage of time;,and especially of l a t e , the quantity and quality of the

w i t t i n g has increased and decreased respectively. That chappee on B.B.C.3. could

learn another f r u i t y /nglo-Saxom four lettered word ,plus a s i x l e t t e r e d bonus; to say

nothing of the f a c t s that 'Lesli e loves Bob' and 1 Colin, i s great 1.

If you must write then put pen to paper and send your views to F e l i x , a much better

way of getting your name i n p r i n t . T . D .

l . ; R K I F G .

would students please stop parking i n front of the arch, outside the Union b u l l i n g

i n the event of a f i r e , especially i n Old Beit or Zoology, the only access f o r

f i r e tenders i s the archway. .". white Austin 1100 seems to be the Main offender at the

moment,registration :FM'I 145B.

ODD LITTLE BITS:

The Union Rack: In. reply to many enquires, we reveal that the Union Rack i s i n the

Lower Lounge of the Beit Union Building, and that a l l members of the Union should check

i t r egularly f o r mail addressed to them.

El e c t r i c , shaver points are bein@iiraisto.lled i n Southside.

Quote: 11 enjoy standing i n front of an audience at ANYTIME1 Ken ¥est ,R.C .S .Vice-Fres

Mines.: At the present time Chris Molam and Ginger O'Reilly are representing R.S.M.U.

. at the celebration of the feast of S T . BARBiJA., patron saint of Mines, at S T . Etienne,

France.

H3CAEY: I.C. Mixed Hockey teem on Sunday ti e d f i r s t with the Royal Free Hospital,

Goldsmiths and Bedford Colleges. Unfortunately no semifinals -./ere played due to bad

l i g h t i n g .

ELETCHAR ; H 3 \ . E R S SEN, T E .

Viith reference to yesterdays issue of Senate and the a r t i c l e headed "Democracy f o r

Imperial College" or words to that effect,.Adrian Fletcher, our President, has expressed

his disagreement with the f i n a l sentence "The Imperial College Executive, l i k e the Tory

Party, believe they were born to rule and that the rest of the Union are there to ruled.

.As he points out, anyone who knows him and the other members of the Union Executive w i l l

r e a l i s e t h a t t h i s comment by David Livesey i s both unfounded end unwarranted,

DEATH.

Ae regret to announce the death of J: . .J. Newth, Reader i n Physics.

..'AOL0GY.

F e l i x apologises f o r the lack of the f i r s t paragraph i n "CO ESCAPE CLEARS L.B0R-ATOHY" i n bhe l a s t issue - t h i s was due to .an error of the printer,

EGA' TING I N SOUTESIDE. I t i s reported tonight that the heating, i n Southside i s once again f a i l i n g , culmin­

ating a week of f a i l u r e s throughout "che college,

CiJffiIV/.L.

The. Union w i l l be closed as from 7p«m. on Friday evening, due to the f a c t that

t h i s i s Carnival night, so i . " you want to get i n buy a ti c k e t at lunchtime i n the Union.